Closet or case.



'Nu-729,279, PATENTE-MAY 26,1903',l

' A. F. GoNANT. f

CLOSET 0R CASE.

v APPLIOATIONIILED KAY 1, 1902.

N0 MODEL. 4

AUNITED STATES f Patented May 26, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

CLosET on CASE.

SPECIFICATION 'forming part of Letters Patent No. maare, dated Mayes, 190s.

Application sied May 1,1902. serial No. 105,539. (No model.)

To all whom, it mrtg/ cora/cern:

Beit known thatI, ALBERT FORBES CONANT, a citizen of the United States, residing in Nahant, in the county of Essex and State of` Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Closets or Cases, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.'Y

This invention relates to a closet, cabinet, bookcase, or like article provided with a series of shelves, and has for its object to provide .for adjustably supporting the said -`shelves in a manner as will be described, whereby any one or all of a series of shelves Fig. 2, a section on the line 2 2, Fig. l; Fig.v

3, a section on the line 3 3, Fig. l; and Fig. 4, a detail in section on the line 4 4, Fig. 3, to be referred to. A

In the present instance I have illustrated my invention as embodied in a cabinet, closet, or bookcase comprising a base o., front b, back c, sides d, and top e, the front b having glass doors f.

In accordance with this invention the cabinet, dto., is provided at its opposite sides with vertically-arranged guideways, which may be formed, as shown in the present instance, by pieces or strips g of wood, metal', or other suit able material suitably secured to the front and back of the cabinet. The gnideways referred'to have extended into them the ends of supporting bars, pieces, or sections h,which may be of the same orvarying sizes and uponwhich the ends of the shelves 't' rest. The supporting bars or sections h rest one upon the other (see Fig. 2) and Aform a solid support for the shelves, which rests upon the base a' and extends upward substantially to the top of the case. The supporting bars or sections h are individually movable' and each section or har can be removed from its guideway by tipping or inclining the same, so as to clear the retaining-walls g of said guidewav. f

The shelves t' may be adjusted with relation to each other by inserting one or more of the supporting bars or sectionsjh below it, and when it is desired to adjust a shelf the latter is pushed bodily upward a distance sufficient to'leave space for the insertion of a supporting bar or section h below the shelf thus raised, after which the latter can be lowered vupon'the uppermost supporting bar or section.

' In the adjustment of the shelf the supporting bars or sections above the shelf, whiohis raised, slide up in their gnideways and carry with them the shelf orshelves above the one which is raised. The adjustment of the shelves can be readily and easily accomplished without removing the dishes, books, or other articles upon those shelves which are moved upward to effect the adjustment.

The inventionis applicable to china-closets which are built'into a house, and therefore stationary, or to china-closetsl which are portable. It is also equally applicable to bookcases, cabinets, and like receptacles. It will be noticed that when a shelf is raised the other shelves above it are firmly supported Yby the bars or sections h, resting on the shelf which is raised.

In the present instance the guide strips or pieces g are shown as projecting from the front and back of the case, and in this case the ends of the shelves are notched, as represented in Fig. 3, so that the end of the shelf mayextend beyond the guide-strips and rest upon the supporting bar or section, as shown Yin Fig. Ll; but I do not desire to limit my invention in this respect.

I claim- .1.' A closet or case of the character described, provided at its ends with upright guideways, shelf-supporting sections bodily movable in said guideways, and shelves having their ends extended beyond the front walls of said guideways and between adjacent sections to rest upon alower section and IOO support an upper-section, substantially as del and resting on the lower one of said sections, lo scribed. l substantially as described. A

2. A closet or case of the character de- In testimony whereof I have signed lmy scribed, provided at its opposite ends with name to this specification in the presence of upright strips or pieces forming upright guidetwo subscribing* witnesses.

ways,supporting bmsorsections bodilymov- ALBERT FORBES CONANT. able in said guideways and normally resting Witnesses:

one on the other, and shelves having their JAS. H. CHURCHILL, ends interposed between adjacent sectionsl J. MURPHY. 

